A bit long, but hey, so was the experience, so it fits: an excellent TR! Thanks for sharing. The ending was a bit gut-wrenching. I hope, if you want, to get another chance at redemption some day. Best of luck!

I clipped into the top sling here because I though clipping into the wire would rotate it out. I thought that clipping both might pull more straight down on the blade.

The sling through the top hole makes these things easy and convenient to rack, they'll hang nice and neat that way and not get all tangled up in everything else. I have the three different sizes on different colored webbing.

The sling on top also makes it easy to "funk" them out of a placement. Clip a longer sling to that, girth hitch it around your hammer handle and jerk it out. People tend to over drive their beaks and they don't wedge themselves out like regular pitons do. The sling really helps getting them out.